In how many different ways could Alice, Ben, and Carlos be positioned second, third, and fourth?

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Opie

6 June, 09:05

In how many different ways could Alice, Ben, and Carlos be positioned second, third, and fourth?

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Reginald Fry · Answer 1

Six different ways, for small word problems like this, you can just write it out like (A, B, C), (A, C, B), (B, C, A), (B, A, C), (C, A, B), and (C, B, A) where A=Alice, B=Ben, and C=Carlos